Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on economy in Northern Virginia, near nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold hearing on countering Russian moves in Ukraine and beyond.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to speak at European Parliament in special session for Holocaust Remembrance Day.

PARIS - Workers facing cost-of-living crisis to go on strike.

UK

BELFAST - Around 4,000 health and ambulance workers from Unite union to go on strike in Northern Ireland.

LONDON - Statistics to be released on drug-related deaths and suicide in prison for England and Wales.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to hold press conference after signing ceremony for Second Joint Plan of Action.

ANKARA - Cavusoglu also to hold joint press conference with Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE - 2023 Australian Open semifinals in women's singles, first Grand Slam of year.

SPECIAL REPORT

New Zealand’s Christchurch terror attack victims laud ex-Premier Ardern’s ‘emphatic’ leadership

By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Islamuddin Sajid

ISTANBUL (AA) - Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “stood by us” in delivering empathetic leadership, leaving her successor with “big shoes to fill,” according to relatives of the victims of the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack.

SPECIAL REPORT

3 years since the world lost NBA legend Kobe Bryant

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Thursday marks the third anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash which took the life of NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.

SPECIAL REPORT

Germans have mixed reactions on sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine

By Anadolu Staff

BERLIN (AA) - Berlin’s decision to send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine has sparked mixed reactions among the German public.

SPECIAL REPORT

Upcoming EU ban on Russian oil products leads to reroute of diesel barrels

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - An upcoming EU embargo of Russian refined oil products has already started to reroute diesel barrels, as the bloc is being supplied with more diesel from Saudi Arabia and the US, and Russian diesel supplies are likely to find homes in Africa, the Mideast, and Latin America, according to data compiled by Anadolu.

SPECIAL REPORT

Provocations in Sweden behind Finnish decision to reconsider joining NATO without Sweden

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - A top Finnish foreign policy advisor criticized Quran burning in Sweden and other recent anti-Turkish developments, adding that Finland’s foreign minister has now acknowledged that what happens between Ankara and Stockholm can also have a negative impact on his country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Award-winning Black author gets book published in 14 languages but not Swedish

By Mehmet Solmaz

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA) - Every Mirror She's Black, the debut novel by Nigerian writer and photographer Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, explores the lives of three Black women and their everyday experiences in Stockholm, a predominantly white city.